Millions of people in Latin America purchase bus or metro tickets on a daily basis. It’s an opportunity to bring digital payments to a critical mass of users
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A Mexican WeChat? Baz expands its superapp
Grupo Salinas’ digital platform, Baz, is building an ecosystem for low-income Mexicans and is adding users at an average pace of one million per mont
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Remittances in LatAm are digitalized… little by little
The amount of money being sent to LatAm is breaking records. However, the industry continues to rely on cash and physical channels, and both fintechs and traditional players see blockchain as a potential game changer
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Credicorp adds loans to Yape in bid to become a Peruvian superapp
Peruvian digital wallet Yape will add credit to its offering, says Francesca Raffo, new chief investment officer at Credicorp
Pensions in the crosshairs: Fintechs take aim at new market
Investment fintechs want to fill the space left by traditional finance in the vast retirement-savings market and present products to attract voluntary contributions from workers
The end of the POS? Rappi looks to a future of mobile payments
The Colombian superapp has introduced Pay with Rappi, a service that’s set to compete with platforms such as Mercado, and complete its ecosystem of financial solutions.
Credicorp modernizes data management as hyper-personalization beckons
Credicorp Capital, the investment banking arm of Peru’s Credicorp group, is getting to grips with a problem facing many banks in Latin America—poor quality data. The bank has introduced a new data management policy in a bid to improve the analysis of information...
Santander’s PagoNxt envisions collaboration with big tech, not rivalry
Santander payments fintech anticipates opportunities to become the third largest provider of electronic payments in Latin America
Friday Briefing: Argentina and Mexico bolster fintech oversight
Regulators in Argentina and Mexico introduced changes. Itaú BBA is working on a venture debt strategy and Flink gained a foothold in Colombia.
Bancolombia experiments with crypto in sandbox, anticipates increased use in Latam
Traditional institutions are even starting to experiment with crypto, in anticipation of more widespread usage in Latin America
Uber and Didi test alternative loans for the gig economy
Uber and Didi experiment with their own data to assess credit risk, as the embedded finance trend advances in Latin America’s gig economy
Investors zoom in on credit
2022 is shaping up to be a year of growth and new business models for credit fintechs
Digital channels, Digital lending, Financial inclusion, New digital business models, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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BNPL is among new credit models gaining popularity among banks and fintechs
Series2021: While buy now, pay later products got off to a slow start in Latin America, they’re set to proliferate next year
Brazilian banks, Chilean banks, Colombian banks, Financial inclusion, Mexican banks, Open banking & APIs, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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Open banking began to take root in Latin America in 2021
#Series2021: Several countries are seeking to follow in the footsteps of the region’s biggest economies in rolling out open banking regulation
Big Tech in Finance, Challenger banks, Digital channels, Financial inclusion, Fintech investment, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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LatAm fintech sees increased competition from Big Tech
#Series2021: Big Tech firms showed a growing interest in the region’s financial service industry this year, with Meta, the owner of Facebook, leading the way
Argentine banks, Brazilian banks, Chilean banks, Digital channels, Digital currencies, Peruvian banks, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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Digital currencies gained support among central banks in 2021
#Series2021: Central banks in several countries announced plans to introduce their own digital currencies, following the lead of Caribbean nations
Digital channels, Digital currencies, E-commerce, Financial inclusion, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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New digital payment platforms grew in 2021, spurred on by pandemic
#Series2021: The use of central bank-backed instant payment platforms intensified, led by Brazil’s Pix, which is used by almost two thirds of the population
Challenger banks, Digital channels, Financial inclusion, Fintech investment, Mexican banks, UX, What Changed Digital Finance in 2021,
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Acquisitions and rebundling were key trends of 2021
#Series2021: Fintechs bought banks and other startups to expand their product offering as rebundling gathered pace, above all in Mexico
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Digital payments get aboard public transport
Millions of people in Latin America purchase bus or metro tickets on a daily basis. It’s an opportunity to bring digital payments to a critical mass of users
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A Mexican WeChat? Baz expands its superapp
Grupo Salinas’ digital platform, Baz, is building an ecosystem for low-income Mexicans and is adding users at an average pace of one million per mont
A Mexican WeChat? Baz expands its superapp
Grupo Salinas’ digital platform, Baz, is building an ecosystem for low-income Mexicans and is adding users at an average pace of one million per mont
Remittances in LatAm are digitalized… little by little
The amount of money being sent to LatAm is breaking records. However, the industry continues to rely on cash and physical channels, and both fintechs and traditional players see blockchain as a potential game changer
Credicorp adds loans to Yape in bid to become a Peruvian superapp
Peruvian digital wallet Yape will add credit to its offering, says Francesca Raffo, new chief investment officer at Credicorp
Pensions in the crosshairs: Fintechs take aim at new market
Investment fintechs want to fill the space left by traditional finance in the vast retirement-savings market and present products to attract voluntary contributions from workers
The end of the POS? Rappi looks to a future of mobile payments
The Colombian superapp has introduced Pay with Rappi, a service that’s set to compete with platforms such as Mercado, and complete its ecosystem of financial solutions.
Credicorp modernizes data management as hyper-personalization beckons
Credicorp Capital, the investment banking arm of Peru’s Credicorp group, is getting to grips with a problem facing many banks in Latin America—poor quality data. The bank has introduced a new data management policy in a bid to improve the analysis of information...
Santander’s PagoNxt envisions collaboration with big tech, not rivalry
Santander payments fintech anticipates opportunities to become the third largest provider of electronic payments in Latin America
Friday Briefing: Argentina and Mexico bolster fintech oversight
Regulators in Argentina and Mexico introduced changes. Itaú BBA is working on a venture debt strategy and Flink gained a foothold in Colombia.
Bancolombia experiments with crypto in sandbox, anticipates increased use in Latam
Traditional institutions are even starting to experiment with crypto, in anticipation of more widespread usage in Latin America
Uber and Didi test alternative loans for the gig economy
Uber and Didi experiment with their own data to assess credit risk, as the embedded finance trend advances in Latin America’s gig economy